Festivals & Awards
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
festivals
2008 Ashland Independent Film Festival, Ashland, Oregon USA
2007 Carousel International Film Festival for Youth - Rimouski, QC
2007 Mill Valley Film Festival - San Francisco, CA
2007 Whistler Film Festival, Whistler BC Canada
2007 Oulu International Children’s Film Festiva, Oulu Finland
2007 American Indian Film Festival - San Francisco, California USA
2007 Rimouski International Film Festival, Rimouski, QC Canada
2007 Dreamspeakers Aboriginal Film Festival, Edmonton AB Canada
2007 Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth – Vancouver, BC Canada
2007 Sprockets International Film Festival for Children – Toronto, Ontario Canada
awards & nominations
2008 Nominated for Gemini Awards, “Best TV Movie” and “Best Visual Effects”
2008 Nominated in the Feature Length Drama category for Leo Awards, “Best Screenwriting”, “Best Cinematography”, and “Best Supporting Performance by a Female (Erin Karplunk)”
2008 Nominated for “Best TV Movie” at the CFTPA Indie Awards
2007 Audience Award, Children’s section - 30th annual Mill Valley Film Festival
Reservation Soldiers
festivals
2008 Talking Stick Film Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan Canada
2008 Worldfest Huston, Huston Texas USA
2007 Whistler Film Festival, Whistler BC, Canada
awards & nominations
2008 Wins “Best Feature Documentary (International)” at the Talking Stick Film Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Wins Golden Sheaf Award for “Best Aboriginal Production” at Yorkton Short Film Festival & Video Festival
2008 Wins Bronze Remi Award at Worldfest Houston 2008 for TV Special: Documentary
2008 Nominated in the Documentary or Series category for Leo Awards, “Best Screenwriting”, and “Best Sound Editing”
Breaking Ranks
festivals
2008 Roma Fiction Festival, Rome, Italy
2008 Social Justice Film Festival, White Rock, BC Canada
2008 Open Cinemas, Victoria, BC Canada
2007 SF DocFest, San Francisco, USA
2007 Sheffield DocFest, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2007 Leo Awards Film Festival, Vancouver, BC Canada
2007 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival – Yorkton, SK, Canada
2007 Our Island, Our World Film Festival – Salt Spring Island, Canada
2006 Montréal World Film Festival – Montréal, Canada
2006 Calgary International Film Festival – Calgary, Canada
2006 Vancouver Amnesty Film Festival – Vancouver, Canada
2006 Victoria Amnesty Film Festival – Victoria, Canada
awards & nominations
Part of Global Current’s Gemini award for “Best Documentary Series”
Nominated for Best Documentary or Series – History/Biography/Social/Political, Documentary: Best Director and Documentary: Best Picture Editing, Leo Awards – Vancouver, BC
Nominated for 2007 Golden Sheaf Award, Documentary – Social/Political – Yorkton Short Film Festival
Hammer & Tickle
festivals
2006 Leeds International Film Festival – Leeds, Scotland
2006 Zurich International Film Festival – Zurich, Switzerland
2006 Tribeca Film Festival
awards & nominations
2006 Zurich International Film Festival – Won Best New Documentary
The Score
festivals
2006 INPUT Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
2005 Vancouver International Film Festival
2005 Puerto Vallarta International Film Festival
awards & nominations
2006 GEMINI NOMINATIONS: Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series and Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series.
2006 Leo Awards – Nominated for Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Film
2006 Banff Television Awards – Nominated for Best Movie of the Week
2005 Vancouver International Film Festival
2005 Puerto Vallarta International Film Festival
Girl Racers
awards & nominations
Nominated for 2006 Leo Awards
Best Documentary (in the nature/environment/adventure/science/technology category)
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Editing